Toy scale



27, 1943- E. F. DONOVAN 2,325,488

TOY SCALES I Filed ma 4, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 album rm V zljponayanJuly 27,1943. E F. DONOVAN TOY SCALES Fi led May 4. 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet2 g wmfoa Z5 pan avan Patented July 2 7, 1943 :TOY SCALE 7 EdwardFrancis Donovan, Dayton, Ohio, assignor to Cappel, MacDonald andCompany, Dayton, 7

Application May 4, 1942, Serial No. 441,695 J7 Claims. (01. s5-24) Thisinvention relates to a' toy weight scales. An object of this inventionisto provide'a toy scales which will not only provide amusementorentertainment but also instruction to children.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy scales 'of thiskind which may be made en tire'ly' out of wood and which may be put together or taken apart by achild.- r r A further object of this invention'is to provide a toy scales of this kind which is simple in con- 1struction so that it can be sturdily made at'a small cost and willwithstandffairl'y rough handling. a f

' A further object of this invention is to provide a toy scales of thiskind which can be made attractive by coloring or painting and whichembodies a balancing beam or platform formed with sockets to receiveweights or blocks which when properly placed will maintain the'ibeam ina "horizontal balanced position.

v To the foregoing objects and to others which may hereinafter appear,the invention consists or the novel construction, combination andarrang-ement of parts as will'be more specifically referred toandfillustrated' in'the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown anembodiment of this invention, but it is-to be understood that changes,variations and modifications maybe resorted to which fall within thescope of the'in- L V.

vention as claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan of a toy scales constructedaccording to an embodiment of this invention Figure 2 is a detail sideelevation of the device partly broken away and in section,

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'is provided-with beveled side portions ll and beveled front and rearedge portions 52. The base ill has formed in the upper side thereofadjacent the opposite sides thereof sockets l3 in which are received thelower ends of dowels l4 carried by upright standards or platform sup- 3porting members ll.

There are two of these standards or platform suppor-tingmembers 11 whichare disposed'in confronting position and each standard l1 includes arectangular body #8 formed at the lower portion thereof with adownwardly extending extension it which terminates at the lower endsthereofin feet l5 and [6. Each standard '11 at the upper endportionthereof is formed with a bearing 23 which is connected with'thebody 18 by means ofa connecting member 2!. The bearing 23 is formed onthe inner sidethereo'f, as shown in Figure 5, with a socket 22*withinwhich a trunnion 23 carried by a platform generally designated as 24 isadapted to rockably engage. The platform 24 comprises an elongated rec'-tan'gular body 25 which has secured t orformed integral therewith in thetransverse medianan upstanding lug or block 26 within which theoppositely 'extending trunnions 23 are adapted to be secured in anysuitable manner.

' Th trunnioris 23 may be constructed in the form of dowelswh'ich aresecured as by gluing or the like within the block 23 and the trunnions23extend laterally from the opposite end portions of the block 23 forrockable engagement within the sockets 22. 'The platform 24 on the upperside thereof has formed therein a plurality of sockets or recesses 21;28 and 29 disposed in longitudinally spaced apart'relation and extending from one side of the block 26. The platform 24- also has formed 'onthe opposite side of the block 26 sockets 30, 3! and 32. A weight member33 which is ofgenerally cylindrical configuration is adapted to engagein any one of the sockets formed in the platform 24 and the weight 33 atits upper end is formed with a rounded end portion 34, whereas the lowerend of the weight member 33 is squared off as at 35 so that the weight33 will removably engage in the selected socket and stand in uprightposition withrespect to the upper side of the platform 2a. A secondweight member 35 is constructed similar in every detail to the weightmember 33, but is substantially longer than the weight member 33. Athird weight member 31 which is similar to the two weight members 33 and36 is adapted to engage in another one of the sockets of the platform 24and the weight member 31 is longer than the weight member 36. There aretwo-sets of the weight members 33, 36 and 31 which may be positioned inselected sockets of the platform 24 so that the platform or beam 24 willbe disposed in balanced or horizontal position. l a

The weight members are here shown as being disposed with the shortestone innermost and the able in said sockets.

intermediate length weight member 36'next to the short weight member 33and the long weight member 3? disposed in one of the outermost However,it will be apparent that the sockets.

arrangement, of the weight members may be 1 varied in any mannerdesired, and unless the weight members on one side of the block 25 areequal in weight to the weight members on the opposite side of the block26, the platform or beam 24 will-not balance. i

With a weighing scale as hereinbefore de scribed, a child. may use thescales as an educationa-l deviceor as a means of amusement anddue to thefactthat the entire device is. constructed out of wood, the device maybe easily and cheaply manufactured so that it may be sold at small cost.Furthermore, due to the rugged construction of the device, it willnotreadily get out of order or become broken. If desired, the entiredevice maybe made as a put-together structure which may be assembled bya child, in

'which case, the dowels [4 may frictionally engage in'the sockets orrecesses 53. However, if desired,

the dowels M may be glued or otherwise fixedly secured in the socketslSfso that the device will be maintained in assembled condition."

,WhatI claim isz r V r 7 1. A toy scales'comprising a'base, a pair ofupstanding; standards rising from the'base, a-

weighing platform, means rockably mounting said platform on saidstandards, said platform formed with at least two series of weightreceiving sockets in the upper side thereof and eX- tending respectivelyoutwar dly from the fulcrum thereof, and weight-members selectivelyengage- 2. A'toy scales comprising a base formedwith recesses in theupper side'thereof, a pair. of up-,

standing standard each having a recess in the lower end-thereof, dowelsengaging in the recesses ofsaid base and said standard to hold saidparts together, an elongated weighing platform; meansrockably mountingsaid platform said parts together, said standards having confrontingbearing sockets, a weighing platform, trunnion carried by said platformengaging in said sockets, and weight members, said platform havinglongitudinally disposed means for receiving said members.

i. A toy scales comprising a weighing platform, anupstanding blockextending transversely of the upper side of said platform, supportingmeans for said platform, said supporting means and said block includingcorrelated means rockably mounting said platform directly on saidsupporting means, and a plurality of weight memsaid platform havinglongitudinally spaced apart sockets means whereby said weight membersmay be mounted on said platform at selected distances outwardly of saidblock.

6. A knocked down weight scalesstructure comprising a base, a pair ofsupports removably mounted thereon, a balance beam directly rockablymounted on said supports, said balance beam having a series oflongitudinally spaced apart sockets in the upper surface thereon-and aseries of blocks adapted-to be seated in said onpsaid standards,saidplatform formed with longitudinally spaced apart recesses in theupper side thereof, and weight members selectivelyerh .gageable in saidlatter recesses.

3. A toy scales'comprising a base formed w'ith recesses inthe upper sidethereof, a pair of upstanding standards each having a recess in the.lowerend thereof, dowels engaging in the recesses ofsaid base and saidstandards to hold sockets.

7. In a device of the kind described a base having a pair of sockets inthe top thereof, a pair of supports each having a socket in the lower orbottom portion thereof to receive a dowel pin the other. end of saiddowel pin adapted to fit within thesocket in said base to thereby holdthe support in upright position on said base, a weighing platfornrrockably mounted on said supports by means of trunnions fittedwithinsaid pair of topsockets and a series of weights engageable withsaid platform, said platform having means disposed longitudinallythereof for holding said weights.

EDWARD F. DONOVAN.

